The Vancouver Canucks have made a series of trades in the last week that included sending the disgruntled J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers for Filip Chytil while also acquiring Drew O’Connor and Marcus Pettersson from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Danton Heinen and Vincent Desharnais.

The rumored rift between Vancouver Canucks centers Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller ended Friday when Miller was traded to the New York Rangers. The Canucks followed that by acquiring defenseman Marcus Pettersson and left winger Drew O'Connor from the Pittsburgh Penguins.

After it looked like Vancouver was set to take a step back by sort of punting with the J.T. Miller trade, it flipped the Rangers’ first-rounder and picked up exactly what the team needed: another top-four defender who can play significant minutes and take some of the pressure off Quinn Hughes.

The Penguins are not going to stop making trades before the NHL trade deadline even after moving Marcus Pettersson.

Last week, the Pittsburgh Penguins participated in what's becoming a weekly Friday trade frenzy in the NHL. With their top trade pieces, Marcus Pettersson and Drew O'Connor traded to Vancouver and four weeks remaining until the trade deadline,